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Island Life: From the Island of Bute to Tenerife
Last night I dreamt of Bute again…and the haunted hotel on the hill. I’d never thought about how small Bute, the island I grew up on, was until Jose pointed out to me that El Hierro was a bigger islan… more →
Living beneath the volcano
Island Life: From the Island of Bute to Tenerife
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dragojac wrote 2 weeks ago: Last night I dreamt of Bute again…and the haunted hotel on the hill. I’d never thought about how sma … more →
Corpus Christi Flower Carpets
andymont wrote 1 month ago: Some aromas just make you smile. For me it’s the scent of hot pine needles which remind me of hiking … more →
La Orotava, Corpus Christi on Tenerife 2009 – Part 1
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dragojac wrote 1 month ago: An evocative image made from sand and soil I always like to take a trip up the hill to La Orotava th … more →
Cat's Paradise on Tenerife
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dragojac wrote 1 month ago: We live beside a cat sanctuary between Puerto de la Cruz and La Orotava and I’ve always thought that … more →
Walking on Tenerife - Access Denied
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andymont wrote 1 month ago: The views are well worth the uphill slog. I woke up yesterday to one of those perfect summer morning … more →
Tenerife Past and Present
andymont wrote 2 months ago: There’s a wonderful little photography exhibition in our local shopping centre of La Cúpula in La Pa … more →
Hoop, Hoop, Hooray – Spring on Tenerife
dragojac wrote 3 months ago: Is it, or isn’t it? We all knew that the calima a couple of weeks ago was a false indicator regardin … more →
Bureacracy on Tenerife - Return to the Demon Woman
dragojac wrote 4 months ago: As sure as night follows day, you could have laid bets that when we returned with the ‘necessary’ fo … more →
Pinch me, I’m Dreaming…
dragojac wrote 4 months ago: Sometimes you just have to resign yourself to the fact that you’re going to just have to let some da … more →
Carnaval on Tenerife: Old Trouts and Sardines
dragojac wrote 4 months ago: After our encounter with the harridan of La Orotava, a bit of Carnaval time was needed to remind us … more →
Tenerife – island paradise or country bumpkin land?
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dragojac wrote 4 months ago: Sometimes I have days when I fall completely out of love with Tenerife. Days when quaint charm seems … more →
Just stick to what you do best.
dragojac wrote 5 months ago: "Are you 100% sure that's the famous Millenium Drago Tree?" Ayuntamiento (council) web … more →
Christmas on Tenerife – The bit in between
dragojac wrote 6 months ago: Normally we go for a long walk on Boxing Day, but as we had our friend Jo, en route from La Gomera b … more →
Christmas on Tenerife – The Preparation
dragojac wrote 6 months ago: We’re not ones for roast dinners, partly because at our ages the price on the waistline is much too … more →
The Weather on Tenerife – Christmas and New Year 2009
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dragojac wrote 6 months ago: Mount Teide on Christmas Day - A White Christmas with Blue Skies in the north Anyone who’s been foll … more →
A Week’s Shopping Bill in Tenerife
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dragojac wrote 8 months ago: At the risk of being judged an alcoholic I thought it might be interesting to some people to list wh … more →
From Benijos to Blingville (part 2)
andymont wrote 9 months ago: Only for Bravehearts As it was Bryan’s last night, we felt that it would have been mean to dump him … more →
From Benijos to Blingville (part 1)
andymont wrote 9 months ago: The cloud had descended to just above our heads; so close that it felt if you stretched out an arm i … more →
Dear Honey
dragojac wrote 12 months ago: Probably one of the lesser known facts about Tenerife is that the island has a cottage industry of s … more →
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